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Build a 737 cockpit in your garage ;-)
Hey Roy, I found the geek of the geek.
He's building a full 737 cockpit in his garage ;-) -
Macro Madness
This is the latest article from Duncan in his column Coding4fun.
It's a good introduction on how to write macros for VS. -
Forms drawing with Tablet PC
A company named Leszynski just released an interesting add in tool for VS .Net 2003 to help developers drawing directluy the forms they need in VS.Net.
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COM+ 1.5 Architecture
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.NET Framework Class Browser
A useful link : NET Framework Class Browser -
My next project Scispy
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Irish user group
In Ireland, where we suppose to be at the edge for technology, it's a pity that we can't have a right .Net user group.
I am jealous about what's happen in US, where apparently you can find one user group meeting at every corner of the country.
I already talked about that few months ago, but I still search for something equivalent to INETA here in Dublin.
You can find a lot about Java, Linux or even ColdFusion, but the only thing we have here for .Net is Irish Dev group. And sorry for saying this but they sucks.
They are managed by some PR people who have more consciousness about the image of their client MSFT indeed.
I have nothing against that, but IMHO it's not the right approach to build a community.
Julie , I know that you are the INETA specialist in this weblog, is something can be done here ?
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World record for a weblog ;-)
By jove, the record for the most incredibly long but interesting technical weblog goes to Chris Brumme.
His last entry: 6356 words !
(No, I didn't count them Word did it for me ;-)
This guy is amazing. If you invite him for a party, ask him to tell you a story.
Astounding.
Hey Chris have you never think about being a story teller in another life ;-))
Apparently he know his talent. I found his self comment on his own blog length very funny. -
AspToday is back
Just let you know that the good ol'website ASPToday is back.
For the moment it's only old articles, but they promised some new stuff soon.
Sad that they didn't improved the design and usability.
They are probably one of the last communist website in the world, regarding their massive use of the red. They should ask some tips from Marcie ;-)
Imagine the site in pink !
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Scoilnet part 2
Thanks to all the nice comments I received on Scoilnet .
To look backward my experience on this project has been so interesting.
Indeed, I used 100% of .Net in Scoilnet (and 20000 liters of sweat ;-)). For me it was also a way to be familiar with .Net.
I like the idea to write some snippets on some obscure programming stuff, like reflection or other not so funny things.
But I am a real person living in a real world.
And there bringing everything I knew about coding and implementing this with .Net was really a tough challenge.
But I certainly have no regrets at all, because it's so cool to see things making sense when they are linking together.
On the coding, I also have to thanks .Net for the huge amount of Javascript headache it removed from my brain.
It was like a constant painkiller, everything working so smoothly.
Well almost, because now I enter in the grey zone of testing the site, and it's a little bit like the twilight zone.
I have to check for different browsers, different platforms, analyze the first stats to see what people are using, trace all errors, etc...
Well I say to myself, another challenge, and surely not the last one.
I am also working now on a parallel project for kids about science in schools. It's quite exciting, because it will involve a lot of dynamic rendering, inclusion of videos and bright colors ! Yes I like bright colors ;-)
To come back to Scoilnet, I have also the task now to do a stronger code, cleaning all the garbage I collected these past few weeks.
I think also about a data layer, but I am not sure about that, because I am stuck to MS Sql, and I don't think I will move soon to another database provider.
Another task to be implemented is an accessible version, and it's not really easy. I read a lot on the subject, but a lot of contradictions and misunderstanding surround the subject.
And finally I hope to have the site running full throttle around September.
Hey it's only in 3 months ;-)